Champlain Valley Rail Snapshots is dedicated to railroad news and happenings in Upstate New York, the Adirondacks and North Western Vermont. I strive to keep updated on train movements, maintenance projects and railroad history and heritage.
Join me as we witness the evolving nature on the local Canadian Pacific mainline on the historic Delaware & Hudson bridge line!
The railroad industry has a fascinating heritage, and the modern railroad is a miracle of technology and human labor.

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About Me

I am interested in trains and local history, I have traveled the Northeast as a historical reenactor for over a decade. I got the train bug and became interested in the history and heritage of the "iron road" Now I travel around watching the modern rail industry at work and meeting other railfans along the trail.
The railroad is an amazing achievement from the early horse drawn edgeways and plate ways of the 18th century as an integral part of the Industrial Revolution, changing the way economies work and wars were fought, into the ultra-high tech high horsepower behemoths that exist today.